Axl C. is a distinguished entrepreneur and technology expert, serving as the Founder and CEO of Striv since June 2021, where notable achievements include a second place in the 2023 Columbia Venture Competition Technical Challenge and multiple patents. Axl is also a Judge and Mentor at MassChallenge and a core founder in the MiraclePlus accelerator program. Previous experience includes roles as a Software Engineer at Jupiter Card, a Graduate Research Assistant at Tsinghua University, and a Machine Learning Engineer at Parsons School of Design. Axl co-founded Stady, a successful educational platform, and has conducted research on GAN algorithms at Columbia University. Axl's academic background spans multiple prestigious institutions, including ongoing studies in Computer Science at Columbia Engineering and Design & Technology at Parsons.